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Manufacturing PMI® at 49.1%; January 2024 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®

Fastener News Desk

Chair of the Institute for Supply Management ® (ISM ® ) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee: “The Manufacturing PMI ® registered 49.1 A Manufacturing PMI ® above 42.5 manufacturing sector continued to contract, though at a marginal rate compared to December. TEMPE, Ariz. , Feb. Fiore , CPSM, C.P.M.,

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2024 to be the year of the Sustainable Supply Chain

Manufacturer's Monthly

The year 2024 will see the logistics industry make its most significant shift to date towards sustainability, with investments in this space set to skyrocket, according to MEGATRANS show director, Lauren Chartres. The post 2024 to be the year of the Sustainable Supply Chain appeared first on Manufacturers' Monthly.

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Will autotech ventures race east in 2024?

Robotics Business Review

Source: LinkedIn As The Robot Report reported last October, one of the biggest autotech stories of the year was the stalling of Cruise after California’s Department of Motor Vehicles suspended its driverless testing license. Submit your nominations for innovation awards in the 2024 RBR50 awards. Elon Musk talks about autotech on X.

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Plugging the gap: How HVO fuel is helping operators decarbonise

SMMT

Designed to be used with the latest Euro-6 trucks, and as a sustainable fuel source with a significantly lower carbon footprint than diesel, manufacturers believe it can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 90%.

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Swedish steel mill turns to hydrogen for full-scale production

E&T

The hydrogen system was first successfully trialled back in 2020, whereby the team at Hofors reprogrammed its control system with H 2 parameters, allowing the team to switch between H 2 or LPG/NG as a fuel source to heat its furnaces at its rolling mills. The company also uses only steel scrap as input material instead of iron ore.

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Embrace Disruption: The Supply Chain

Fabricating & Metal Work

The ultimate manufacturing supply chain disruptor was the arrival of the global pandemic of 2020, which is still affecting the timely delivery of products, noted Leigh Chesley the Chief Customer Officer of Longbow Advantage Inc. Delivering components and parts to customers in a timely manner is more critical than ever. Excelta Corp.,

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Nature-inspired tech to move transport towards net-zero

E&T

Deliveries will start in mid-2023 and complete in 2024. Their PEM fuel cell can be 3D-printed or assembled from cheap printed circuit boards, which would enable manufacturing to be scaled up easily. McCall analysed the operations of seven operators in the North Sea over a year, including historical vessel positioning information.